"Abandon all hope, you who enter here."

[Daerune]

Zul’Tharus: Zaqar

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Unknown to Reynard’s and the crew, their encounter with the nomad had not ceased from their interaction with Enki. A lesser embodiment of the cognitive entity Zul’Tharus trailed after them, obscured from their sight by a nomad cloak, Zaqar. The Nammu had lingered after them soon after their encounter with the Marduk, while Kaia had escorted the ship from outcast space, it had a purpose with Reynard. It had remained quiet as it listened to both the mind of Reynard and the crew, its moment to cease the quiet lingering had ended however as Reynard’s lay down to sleep.

Reynards eyes would open in his dream world, or at least that was he was made to think. He stood in a green meadow, some distance away from a small village. Overhead were storm clouds, a soft rumble in the distance was what would bring his attention to this fact, alongside the humid crisp air around him. In the distance there would be a small distortion the clarity of mountains in the distance suggesting that rain was fast approaching. Reynards in this would be clothed as he was in reality. In the distance the villagers were all checking that everything was undercover and that their pets were inside along with their children.

Despite the attention to detail, the over all of the vision was very vague to better place the note of doubt about this being anything other than his own dreams. The symbolism of him drinking the liquid in the vision with Enki was the acceptance of what it sought to do him, which was to destabilize him, in short. To better draw his attention to the vision, those that served as the villagers were his crew and the name of the Village was Mendacium. Standing at the front of the village looking at him would just be a duplicate of himself but if he was to approach, this manifestation would shimmer before fading away and rain started to come down overhead. The crisp scent of the air would give way to that of decaying and rotting flesh, around him the ground was starting to wither and die, where ever he steeped, whatever stood on decayed and died.

This was just the start.

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